accelerade - as good as the comercial makes it sound?

Chocolate milk is the way to go, post run.

their assertions are statistically valid - the tests are conducted in exercise science labs at colleges. what their assertions with regard to performance are NOT (and this is stated on the labeling) is approved by the FDA.

wantarun wrote:

That's what I use when I am training hard. You can throw a scoop into your breakfast cereal in the morning, in milk after a run, in Gatorade etc. I think the manufacturer adds a little bit of flavoring, but it is subtle with respect to whatever I mix it with.

I question how Accelerade can make the claims that they do in their adds. Since it is not a pharmaceutical, I guess their assertions do not need to be proven statistically valid.

L.T. Smash wrote:

recovery drinks are gay, if you want protein, get a jug of Whey protein

Um whey protein is gay, if you want to be a real man of god drink Pat Robertson's age defying protein shakes and eat his high protein flax pancakes and you also will be able to squat 2000 lbs when you are 70.

iloverunning824 wrote:

lies, lies, all lies, my friend.

Actually, the lyrics are: "Lies, lies, lies, yeah!"

Here is the deal. Several studies show that the average of the groups improved by about 20% or so in endurance.

Here is how these tests occur:

You have people exercise at a set intensity, often 70-75% of VO2max (this is determined as part of the study), for as long as they can go. For instance, let's say my pace at 70% VO2max is 8min/mile. I would run at that pace for as long as I can on a treadmill. In one trial I drink beverage A and in another I drink beverage B and in a third I drink nothing (or water or do a 4th trial).

The researchers then time how long you ran under each condition. Ideally the researcher and the subject do not know what they are drinking (Gatorade, Accelerade, flavored water, etc).

There are methodological problems as the test/re-test reliability of these tests to endurance is quite poor (there are studies looking at this and I think Will Hopkins at

www.sportsci.org

has written about the issue).

Another factor to me is that this is not a real life scenario. There is no event to my knowledge where the rules state that a person has to run (or cycle) for as long as possible at some given intensity. (Pacing is a strategy to achieve a means, but not a rule in something like marathoning).

I know folks at Gatorade and they report no plans to add protein to Gatorade. Accelerade's sales do not even appear as a radar blip compared to Gatorade.

That would be because I can't find the stuff. I've tried several of the places listed on their site looking for the pre-bottled stuff, and I've yet to find it.

I'm a triathlete (don't bash) and accelerade has been around quite awhile - many triathletes have used it. From my personal experience, and many others that have used it, Accelerade can cause quite a lot of gastric distress (the protein specifically causes it). Any type of prolonged anaerobic workout or event really exasperates this. Long easy, aerobic workouts are good with it. So I would never use it during a training session. Afterwards its fine (their Endurox is also good post workout)

My $.02.